September 2017 - Price and Twine, PLLC

Greg Kelley Released Three Years After Sexual Assault Conviction

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Posted on September 29, 2017

Greg Kelley Released Three Years After Sexual Assault Conviction

Greg Kelley, the 22-year-old former Leander High School football player convicted of super aggravated sexual assault of a child in 2014, was released from the Williamson County Jail on $50,000 bond on August 22. The Austin American-Statesman reported that state District Judge Donna King said in a 10-page order that she was granting bond... Read More »

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Bill to End Driver Responsibility Program Fails to Pass Texas Legislature

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Posted on September 27, 2017

Bill to End Driver Responsibility Program Fails to Pass Texas Legislature

The Driver Responsibility Program (DRP) was enacted in 2003 with the passage of House Bill (HB) 3588 during the 78th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. The program required the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to apply surcharges to individuals with certain traffic convictions, but the Driver Responsibility Program has been criticized for... Read More »

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Box of Cash Gets Two Charged with Money Laundering

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Posted on September 25, 2017

Box of Cash Gets Two Charged with Money Laundering

On June 14, KXAN-TV reported that Williamson County Sheriff’s Office deputies found $184,520 in a cardboard box in the back seat of a vehicle during a routine traffic stop. A 26-year-old man and 35-year-old woman were in a Jeep stopped on Texas State Highway 130 for not passing in the left lane and having... Read More »

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Round Rock Starts Cite and Release Program

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Posted on September 22, 2017

Round Rock Starts Cite and Release Program

The Round Rock Police Department volunteered to be the first in Williamson County to implement the “cite and release” program created by the Texas Legislature through the passage of House Bill 2391 in 2007. On May 23, the Austin American-Statesman reported that since May 1, Round Rock police officers have had the option of... Read More »

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Texas Finally Gives Drunk Drivers ‘Second Chances’

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Posted on September 18, 2017

Texas Finally Gives Drunk Drivers ‘Second Chances’

September 1 marked the date that House Bill 3016, the legislation more commonly known as the “second chances” bill signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on June 15, went into effect. HB 3016 amended the Texas Government Code such that allows certain first-time, low-level offenders to seal their criminal records. It is important... Read More »

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Month: September 2017

Greg Kelley Released Three Years After Sexual Assault Conviction

Bill to End Driver Responsibility Program Fails to Pass Texas Legislature

Box of Cash Gets Two Charged with Money Laundering

Round Rock Starts Cite and Release Program

Texas Finally Gives Drunk Drivers ‘Second Chances’